Books - "literature"
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Smell of Steve #1
Super octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Smell of Steve Inc 1996
KEYWORDS: comics comic strips smell of steve literature
The Bomb
Super octavo softcover (VG) covers wrinkled; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Asylum Press 2008
KEYWORDS: graphic novels comic books comics literature Steve Mannion
The Perhapananauts: Second Chances
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2007
KEYWORDS: graphic novels comics comic books literature Todd and Craig's Perhapanauts
Meaning and Truth in Wittgenstein's Tractatus
Octavo softcover (VG+) covers discoloured; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Mouton 1968
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature criticism Ludwig Wittgenstein Tractatus
Drift
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Brian Castro
Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2010
KEYWORDS: children's literature war history ANZAC horses equine New Zealand Australia
Eye
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1986
KEYWORDS: short fiction stories scifi science fiction literature collections Frank Herbert
The Lost Command
Super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: David Bruce & Watson 1971
KEYWORDS: military history Alastair Revie aviation raf royal air force bomber command literature
Marvel 1602
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light creasing to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics 2004
KEYWORDS: graphic novels literature Neil Gaiman modern first editions
A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to board edges, xii + 619pp, VG (light soiling to spine & boards, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light occasional foxing throughout, occasional pencil markings to margins- unobtrusive)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1909
KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues T M Hocken New Zealand literature
The Haunting of Abbotsgarth
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 175pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/rubbing to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Judy Piatkus 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Elena Lyons horror ghosts supernatural
Baptism of Blood
SCARCE, pseudonym of Charles Whiting, author's first book as K N Kostov AKA Leo Kessler, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm map recto of copyright page, 222pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, sl water staining to base of front eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light soiling, light water staining to base of front cover & flap)
PUBLISHER: Severn House 1981
KEYWORDS: K N Kostov Leo Kessler Charles Whiting historical fiction war novels literature ww2 Russia
Dragonquest, being the Further Adventures of the Dragonriders of Pern
FIRST EDITION, octavo, aquamarine heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 304pp, map of Pern to prelims, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to rear pages) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & soiling, minor wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Rapp and Whiting 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first editions fantasy novels fiction literature Anne McCaffrey Dragonriders of Pern series
The Passionate Puritan
FIRST EDITION, STAMPED COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, yellow lettering & decoration to spine & front board, deckled page edges, 308pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board corners/extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl rubbing to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & throughout, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, moderate crack to rear gutter, numerous sm date ink stamps to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature New Zealand novels fiction Jane Mander colonial editions
A Murder is Announced
FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMP., octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasong & chipping/loss to edges, moderate rubbing to spine & flap/cover folds)
PUBLISHER: The Crime Club / Collins Clear-Type Press 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first editions 2nd impresions crime novels fiction literature Agatha Christie whodunnits
Plutonia: An Adventure Through Prehistory
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 319pp, VG (light soiling to spine & base of spine & front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with yellow tape residue also, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing/staining to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & chafing/rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Lawrence & Wishart 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions fantasy scifi science fiction literature novels V A Obruchev
On a Shoestring to Coorg: An Experience of South India
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 261pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1976
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature India Dervla Murphy south
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 248pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction short stories Peter Lovesey
Hopalong Cassidy and the Riders of High Rock
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG (light discolouration to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing and soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate fading & cracking to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions westerns fiction novels literature Tex Burns
The Gods Themselves
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, VG+ (sl staining & bruising to board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (sl fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing/soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972
KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction novels literature modern first editions Isaac Asimov